Monday, February 8, 2010

We made a quick trip to Houston recently with Hockey Boy's travel team. In addition to seeing Will's three games, we were able to go to my niece Mary Grace's 3rd birthday party and I was able to squeeze in a short visit with my sweet friend Kim from 3 Peanuts (no pictures from that, sadly!). All in all a very fun weekend.

At Mary Grace's party - she ran over to us when we walked in and exclaimed, "Vivi's here! Vivi's here!" It was so very sweet and really warmed my heart

Dots enjoyed seeing her cousins at the party

After the party Vivian had fun with the sidewalk chalk at my brother's house

It's always great to have extra fans at a hockey game!

The boys were very interested in the game and loved spotting their cousin Will on the ice (Vivian, on the other hand, would prefer Dora on her iPod Touch to a hockey game any day!)

Robert held up Mary Grace so she could see better

Watching for Will

There he is!

Although Mary Grace loved watching her cousin during the game, she was petrified of him off the ice in his uniform and skates!

My brother, my nephew and me with Will after the game. Did I mention Will scored the game-winning goal with under a minute left? Hence the big smile!

After the game my brother kindly invited the girls back to his house so Robert and I could enjoy dinner out with the team. I thought this was a cute picture of Will

Pictured above, starting in upper left and moving clockwise:

Married for 27 years to Robert, three kids: Will (23), Vivian (20) and Dots (17) ~~~~
Majored in mathematics at SMU, taught elementary school for six years before Will was born, currently tutoring math ~~~~
Things I enjoy: playing duplicate bridge, working NY Times crossword puzzles, reading good books, entertaining, visiting with friends, planning trips, traveling, playing board games, spending time with family, cooking, keeping up with old friends ~~~ happy to correspond with other parents about raising a child with special needs

Note about Pictures

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